Don't give sensitive information away unless in person. If you bank says there's something wrong with your account, either call them via their listed phone number or go visit them in person.
The ESRB doesn't want to be forced into rating everything 17+ because some kid said fuck a few times. By not rating online interactions, they actually maintain some integrity to their ratings, whether people agree or disagree with them.
As for parents wanting to know the 'online climate' of a game, that's bullshit. If you buy your kid an online FPS, you can expect there's going to be at least one guy who wants to cuss his head off at everyone. If you don't want your kids to experience that, then don't buy the game, or take it from them if they buy it. (Not like the kid isn't going to be exposed to profanity anyways, but this would be a parent obstinate about controlling their home environment).
Really, I don't see how this isn't more than just a troll to get people to read the blog post or just a personal rant from the author. Maybe if the article was backed up with statistics and proof would this be a worthwhile read.
Simply crying wolf won't solve a problem. If there's an issue, present it with the data to support it.
Gives the hardware industry more reason to create new things, no? Perhaps the new requirements are simply businesses forcing you to buy their new products.;^)
Another note to add is that Vista was the first OS Microsoft created that wasn't designed to have Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer linked, which was likely a cause for several backwards-compatibility issues.
If ads do get into games, would this help to lower the costs? If we have advertising companies playing the developers to put ads in the game, then we might see a drop in the price because of increased revenue elsewhere (or any intelligent game manufacturing company would do this to not piss off the players).
As a possible downside though, if we have live, up-to-date adds, what's to stop this being a back door into PC's? It doesn't seem unreasonable that one could send in fake adds or use this as a door for gaining access to other parts of a system.
So, apple doesn't bother to test the applications uploaded to their site? How do they plan to checks for maleware? Let a problem happen then react to it?
They'd really only have to test to ensure an app worked like it said it does and it doesn't harm the system. Granted that may be a lot of extra effort, but it cancels out problems like this very easily and prevents people from writing harmful programs. While it may be a low blow, reserving a name with a 'hello world' program is legal as long as your program just displays 'hello world'.
Although that may have been the original slang definition of the word, it has changed over time to mean anything that has failed. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bricked)
In a similar example, goodbye was originally a statement meaning 'god be with you'. Now it is simply a parting.
A gaming console that can't play games or a DVD player that can't read DVDs is a failure and can be declared as 'bricked'.
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Don't give sensitive information away unless in person. If you bank says there's something wrong with your account, either call them via their listed phone number or go visit them in person.
Nooo! I was hoping that power consumption would continue to increase! Sooner or later our PCs would require 1.21GW!
Don't you mean jigawatts?
After all, they've done this before. Unless we catch them ,they're going to do whatever they can to remove their competition.
The ESRB doesn't want to be forced into rating everything 17+ because some kid said fuck a few times. By not rating online interactions, they actually maintain some integrity to their ratings, whether people agree or disagree with them.
As for parents wanting to know the 'online climate' of a game, that's bullshit. If you buy your kid an online FPS, you can expect there's going to be at least one guy who wants to cuss his head off at everyone. If you don't want your kids to experience that, then don't buy the game, or take it from them if they buy it. (Not like the kid isn't going to be exposed to profanity anyways, but this would be a parent obstinate about controlling their home environment).
Well, troll threads do their job well. It's not like generalizations are actually of any worth.
'Yall be postin' in a troll thread now.
Really, I don't see how this isn't more than just a troll to get people to read the blog post or just a personal rant from the author. Maybe if the article was backed up with statistics and proof would this be a worthwhile read.
Simply crying wolf won't solve a problem. If there's an issue, present it with the data to support it.
Gives the hardware industry more reason to create new things, no? Perhaps the new requirements are simply businesses forcing you to buy their new products. ;^)
Another note to add is that Vista was the first OS Microsoft created that wasn't designed to have Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer linked, which was likely a cause for several backwards-compatibility issues.
If ads do get into games, would this help to lower the costs? If we have advertising companies playing the developers to put ads in the game, then we might see a drop in the price because of increased revenue elsewhere (or any intelligent game manufacturing company would do this to not piss off the players).
As a possible downside though, if we have live, up-to-date adds, what's to stop this being a back door into PC's? It doesn't seem unreasonable that one could send in fake adds or use this as a door for gaining access to other parts of a system.
So, apple doesn't bother to test the applications uploaded to their site? How do they plan to checks for maleware? Let a problem happen then react to it?
They'd really only have to test to ensure an app worked like it said it does and it doesn't harm the system. Granted that may be a lot of extra effort, but it cancels out problems like this very easily and prevents people from writing harmful programs. While it may be a low blow, reserving a name with a 'hello world' program is legal as long as your program just displays 'hello world'.
I'm so glad I went with the PS3, I'll never have to worry about hacking if my firmware doesn't even work!
Can they still go plaid at those speeds?
"calculated that a stationary mass should repel a particle moving towards or away from it at more than half the speed of light"
So, how do I slow down while going half he speed of light?
I see the advent of a new industry: space crash landings
Well, they did have two years to come up with the name.
So, they're checking the security features on toys?
There's a pretty simple solution here: turn it off lock it up after you're done with it.
New rule: you can not patent anything that you yourself did not create.
So, does that mean I can patent my children? Maybe they'll give me a Nobel peace prize for it too.
Although that may have been the original slang definition of the word, it has changed over time to mean anything that has failed. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bricked)
In a similar example, goodbye was originally a statement meaning 'god be with you'. Now it is simply a parting.
A gaming console that can't play games or a DVD player that can't read DVDs is a failure and can be declared as 'bricked'.
Yes, because I obviously bought my PS3 for the great internet browser...
This all sounds a bit....phishy to me.
They're just profiting off of a company that was following the laws of another nation? No wonder why everyone tried to do things back-handed now.
"Mario does the weekly shopping" "Peach picks what to wear 20" "Mario house Party 52"
It's known as maturity....
we just need to tweak it a little, and presto! ecological dry ice generator. Oh the mischief...
Can DC be first?
No, it's skynet, mate!